'Yearning' definitions:
Definition of 'yearning'
From: WordNet
noun
Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need [syn: longing, yearning, hungriness]
Definition of 'Yearning'
From: GCIDE
- Yearn \Yearn\ (y[~e]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yearned; p. pr. & vb. n. Yearning.] [Also earn, ern; probably a corruption of OE. ermen to grieve, AS. ierman, yrman, or geierman, geyrman, fr. earm wretched, poor; akin to D. & G. arm, Icel. armr, Goth. arms. The y- in English is perhaps due to the AS. ge (see Y-).] To pain; to grieve; to vex. [Obs.] "She laments, sir, for it, that it would yearn your heart to see it." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- It yearns me not if men my garments wear. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'yearning'
From: GCIDE
- yearning \yearn"ing\, n.
- 1. prolonged unfulfilled desire or need.
- Syn: longing. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'yearning'
From: GCIDE
- yearning \yearn"ing\, adj.
- 1. full of longing or unfulfilled desire.
- Syn: wistful. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'yearning'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aching,
- admiration,
- adoration,
- affection,
- agape,
- Amor,
- ardency,
- ardor,
- attachment,
- bodily love,
- brotherly love,
- caritas,
- charity,
- Christian love,
- conjugal love,
- desiderium,
- desire,
- devotion,
- Eros,
- faithful love,
- fancy,
- fervor,
- flame,
- fondness,
- free love,
- free-lovism,
- hankering,
- heart,
- Heimweh,
- hero worship,
- homesick,
- homesickness,
- honing,
- idolatry,
- idolism,
- idolization,
- languishing,
- languishment,
- lasciviousness,
- libido,
- like,
- liking,
- longing,
- love,
- lovemaking,
- mal du pays,
- maladie du pays,
- married love,
- nostalgia,
- nostalgic,
- nostomania,
- passion,
- physical love,
- pining,
- Platonic love,
- popular regard,
- popularity,
- regard,
- sentiment,
- sex,
- sexual love,
- shine,
- spiritual love,
- tender feeling,
- tender passion,
- truelove,
- uxoriousness,
- weakness,
- wishful,
- wistful,
- worship,
- yearnful,
- yen